Blog / Staff Picks

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

A wonder-filled survey of the world humans have inhabited and created for ourselves in which many disparate elements of the author’s personal life come together with our collective past and present.

Blog / ChangeThis

Big Little Breakthroughs: How Everyday People Become Everyday Innovators

By Josh Linkner

The very act of playing it safe has become the riskiest move of all. … To fight back, everyday innovators push themselves to explore the unexpected. They discard obvious ideas in favor of unorthodox ones.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | May 18, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros

Blog / Book Giveaways

A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain Into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free

By Porchlight

The New York Times bestselling author and renowned clinical psychologist teaches women how to transcend their fears and illusions, break free from societal expectations, and rediscover the person they were always meant to be: fully present, conscious, and fulfilled.

Blog / Editor's Choice

Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

Being able to frame the problems we face as sentient beings in an often hostile world has been a key ingredient in human evolution, and may still be the most important ability we have today.

Blog / Staff Picks

The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

Something as simple as a bakery string tied around the wrist can be the most romantic gesture just as easily as a trip to Ikea can induce someone to consider driving both parties into the East River. Authors and podcast hosts Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink describe both in this ten-year-long love story told from alternating perspectives.

Blog / ChangeThis

The Blueprint: A Framework for Addressing Unconscious Bias at Work

By Stacey A. Gordon

The pillars of diversity and inclusion are held in the beliefs, actions, and practices of an organization, from employee to leadership.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | May 11, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros

Blog / Book Giveaways

Work Made Fun Gets Done!: Easy Ways to Boost Energy, Morale, and Results

By Porchlight

Bob Nelson, author of the multimillion-copy bestseller 1001 WAYS TO REWARD EMPLOYEES, and human performance expert Mario Tamayo offer hundreds of practical, creative tips for helping employees—and their managers—make work more fun.

Blog / (Managing) Director's Cut

Frankenstein and an Empire of Pain

By Sally Haldorson

On the creation of a fictional monster in 1800s England, and those who did well off the proceeds of a drug so easily abused that it became a monster in modern-day America.